Device for securing wall boards and the like



Dec. 16, 1924.

E. W. DANIEL DEVICE FOR SECURING WALL BOARDS AND THE LIKE Filed Feb..2s, 192s Il@ 'l 3 INVENToR; Edward ummm,

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Patented Dec. 16, 1924.

lUNITED STATES TENT OFFCE.

DEVICE FOB SECURIIXTG WALL .BGARBS AN?) LIKE.

Application filed February 26, 1923.

To all fui/wm t may conce/m.'

Be it known that I, EDWARD FV. DANIEL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Asbury Park, county of Monmouth, and State of New Jersey,have invented certain new and useful. Improvements in Devices forSecuring TVall Boards and the. like, of which the following is aspecification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,

i My invention relates generally to securing devices useful in fasteningmaterials or elements in sheet or board forni such for esarnple, as inwall of partition building to secure wall boards to a skeleton structureor ground work designed for their mounting and support.

My invention is directed in the broadest aspect toward providing adevice of the character above defined capable of being applied directlyto the studding bars or rods (as the case may be) without requiring anymodification or alteration in such bars or rods (such as notching,drilling or slotting) nor `the employment of any special tools otherthan an ordinary hammer or the like to effect attachment to thesupporting structure.l

Other subsidiary objects of my invention, together with their attendantadvantages will become readily apparent from the detailed. descriptionwhich. follows of a typical embodiment of my invention, while its scopewill be as readily manifest from the appended claims.

In the drawings Fig. I is a. fragment of a wall or partitionconveniently illustrating how my improved securing devices may beemployed in securing the wall boards to thc skeleton frame provided fortheir support.

Fig. II is a detail cross section on an enlarged scale taken asindicated by the arrows II-II in Fig. l; and

Fig. III is a perspective View of the sccuring device per se.

More especially from Fig. I it will be observed that the securing deviceof my invention comprises a member l in the form of a clip, and a key 6whereby said clip can be clamped to a suitable support as hereinafternoted. The clip l may be briefly describen as consisting of a main orbody portion 2 which is of channelled cross section as clearly shown inthe perspective illustration, and laterally extending wings 3 flankingopposite sides of the body portion and constituting means for engagingthe edges of the sheet material or wall boards which are to be secured.Said wings 3 aregrouped in pairs and the components of these groups liein different parallel planes s that intervals are afforded toaccommodate the thickness of the sheets or boards. Birectly adjacent theopen end of the channel of the body portion, the side walls 4t, -Lt ofthe latter areprovided with notches or slots 5, which er;- teuddownwardly from their upper edges at a slight inclination to thevertical. These notches are designed to receive the key (S and inconjunction with it serre as a clamping means whereby the clip member 1may be fastened to the bars or rods of askeleton framework ashereinafter noted. The securing device of my invention lends itselfreadily and conveniently to economic manufacture from comparatively thinsheet metal, and may be produced for example, by stamping or cutting ablank of appropriate form which after bending will produce a structureof the configuration hercinbefore described. A clip thus made has theattributes of lightness, pliability, and by vvirtue of the thinness ofthe metal requires very little space for its accommodation and istherefore inconspicuo-us in use as will be obvious from laterdescription. For the saine reasons,

the key G is also preferably constructed from sheet metal.

The manner in which the securing device is used in wall or partitionbuilding will be readily understood from Figs. I and Il. wherein theskeleton supporting framework which is to serve as a mounting for thewall boards B is shown as consisting of a series of uprights or studs 10and l() of channel iron, which which may also include horizontal crossbars orv connectors 11, l1 of similar material if greater rigidityshould be found desirable or necessary. Then in position it will be bestobserved from Fig. Il, that the channelled body portion 2 of the clip lembraces the stud l0 while the laterally extending wings 3 respectivelylap marginal portions at opposite sides of adjacent boards B thusserving to embrace the board edges and to determine positions ofrelative alignment for them in the wall or partition, The clip is fixedto the studs or bars of the skeleton supporting structure throughclamping action induced by forcing the key 6 into the wedge slots 5,said keys thus serving as a closure for the channel of the main or bodyportion of the clip and as a keeper to prevent subsequent dislodgment ofthe ,samen as will be manifest from Fig. H olf the drawings, The number'of clips used and the mode of their distribution in securing a boardwill ot course be varied in accordance u'itli its size and the nature ortype of skeleton i'rameuforl to which it is to be hung. i

While I have shovn and described my ini vention as being especiallyuseiiul in connection With the mcuntng` ot Wall boards in Wall orpartition building7 do not Wish to limit myself to such speciiic usesince the same may obviously be employed in many other instances Wheresheet material. is to be hung.

Having thus described my invention, l claim:

l. A securing` device ot the character described comprising a channelsection body portion for embracing an element oli a skeleton supportnglstructin'e7 the legs of said body. portion being,- formed with laterallyprojecting Wings lying in ditte-rent planes Yt'or engaging an edge oitsheet material to secure the saine to said supporting strueture.

2. A securing device ot the character described comprising a channelsection body portion for embracing a skeleton supportingy structure, andopposed stepped Wings integral with the channel section legs forengaging the edges ot sheet material to secure the same to thesupporting structure.

A securingv device of the character described comprisng a main or bodyportion for embracing a bar or rail oit a skeleton supporting structure,and integral laterally extendino stepped Wings for lapping edge marginsat opposite sides of sheet material to secure the same to the supportingstruc-` ture.

4i. A securing device4 of the character described; in the ilorm of aclip constructed. ot sheet metal compri sing a main or body portion forembracing a bar or 1ail off ei skeleton supporting structure, andintegral laterally extending' Wings lying in diderentl parallel planeslfor lapping edge marginsV at opposite sides ot sheet material to,secure the same to the supportingV structure.

5. A securing device of, the character dcsame to the supportinostructure, and WedgeA means Ytor clamping the main or body portion tothe bar or rail aforesaid.

T. A. securing device ot the character rdescribed comprising` achannelled body portiontor en'iloracing` a bar or rail of a skeletonsupportingstruc-ture9 means for engaging` the edges of sheet material tosecure the same to the supporting structure, and a key membercooperating ivthin inclined slots in the side Walls of the body portionadjacent the open end of the channel to clamp the device tov the bar orrail aforesaid.

8., As a new article of manufacture, a securing' device tor Wall-boardshaving a channel-section body portion and opposedly directed pairs otstepped Wines laterally projecting' from each leg; thereof. saidstepped. wings alitordingr intervals for the accomn'iodation oitaligningsheets ot Wall-board.

9. As a new article oi: manufacture, a securing device tor Wall-boards.having' a channel-section body portion and opposedly directed pairs otstepped Wings laterally projecting;` from each leg thereof7 said steppedWings attbi-ding intervals 'for the accommodation oi" aligning` sheetsof ivellboard, and inclined slots adjacent the outer.- most Wings 'forthe reception ot a clamping member whereby the device is secured. inuse.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto. signed my name at Philadelphia,Pennsyl- Vania,4 this 23rd day ot February, 1923.,

EDWARD YV. DANIEL.

Witnesses i 'JAMES BELL, E. L. FULLERTON.

